Why should we still love when those that we love constantly disappoint us? That was a question Bernice and I were discussing when we met for lunch yesterday. It's a very real question too....for myself, for friends around me who've been hurt/ are hurting right now.
Well....2 thoughts on this topic.
Firstly, I think we should still love because it's never a waste to love someone.
(Of course, it doesn't mean that we don't guard our hearts....we should still love wisely when it comes to BGR. )
It would be a greater tragedy to NOT love because we're paralysed by fear. Love is always a risk...but if we don't love, we will never really live. It's like that W.H Auden quote, "We must love one another or die."
Secondly, it's also our definition of love. If we view love as a transaction, always expecting a return, then it's much easier to get disappointed. But if we loved without agenda, that might just set us free.
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